Repro Rights Report

More than 240 anti-abortion bills introduced so far

Posted on March 10, 2016

This is a compendium of more than 241 anti-abortion rights bills that have been introduced in the current legislative session as of March 8, 2016.

Below are some of the highlights.

Legislation proclaiming the “Right to Life”

Missouri HJR 98 creates a constitutional amendment that would affirm the Right to Life. Iowa SJR 2001 Proclaims that there is no fundamental right to abortion. Rhode Island HB 7206 and SB 2218create the Fetal Protection Act and Michigan HB 4787 would prohibit coercing abortion.

Alabama HB 300, Iowa HB 2142, Maryland HJR 7, Virginia HR 19, and Virginia HJR 29 would define life as beginning at conception. New York SB 2532 would allow a fetus at any stage of gestation to be a victim of an assault. New Hampshire HB 560 would define “another” in criminal statutes including murder and manslaughter to include a fetus.

New Jersey SCR 29 and ACR 89 would create a constitutional amendment requiring parental notification for abortion. Indiana SB 392, Missouri HB 1370, and New York AB 4771 further restricts minor access to abortion. New York AB 7119, New York AB 6473, Washington SB 5289, WashingtonHB 1493, , West Virginia HB 2172, and West Virginia 2371 would require parental notification or consent for a minor seeking an abortion.

Missouri HB 2127 and West Virginia HB 2715 would prohibit transporting a minor across state lines for an abortion without consent.

Legislation regulating abortion providers and clinics

There are two bills, Alabama HB 301 and SB 205 that would prevent abortion clinics from being built within 2000 feet of a school.

South Carolina SB 92 would limit abortion procedures to physicians and would require that a provider have admitting privileges. Kansas HB 2658 would require all abortion providers to disclose that they perform abortion to all, even non abortion, patients.

Indiana HB 1263 and Iowa HB 2084 either restricts medication to in-person visits or bans medication abortion through telemedicine and South Carolina SB 34 and New Hampshire HB 1662 ban the use of the medically accepted off-label dosage of medication abortion and requires that only physicians provide it.